Educators Night | Discover Detroit’s Cultural Center as a Learning District

Explore resources, programs, field trips, and hands-on learning from Cultural Center institutions and 60+ nonprofits.
About this Event

Important: This is a multi-venue event. Start at your selected institution, then walk to additional participating Cultural Center venues throughout the evening.
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Detroit’s Cultural Center is a classroom without walls.

Educators Night is your opportunity to experience the extraordinary educational ecosystem that exists across Detroit’s Cultural Center—and discover how its museums, libraries, universities, cultural institutions, and nonprofit partners can support you and your students throughout the school year.

On Tuesday, September 15, from 4–7 p.m., educators and school administrators are invited to explore five Cultural Center institutions and connect with more than 60 arts, cultural, STEM, and education nonprofit partners from across Southeast Michigan—all free of charge.

Discover classroom-ready resources, professional development opportunities, hands-on learning experiences, student/teacher wellbeing resources, traveling and in-school programs, field trips, summer opportunities, and much more. Most importantly, meet the educators, museum professionals, librarians, and nonprofit leaders behind these programs and begin building relationships you can draw upon throughout the year.

Educators Night is designed to help teachers experience the Cultural Center not simply as a collection of individual institutions, but as an interconnected learning district where art, history, culture, science, literacy, higher education, and community knowledge come together.

Come for one evening. Leave with a year’s worth of possibilities.

Each host institution will feature a different educational theme. Select a ticket for the institution that best matches your interests or teaching discipline as your starting point for the evening—then explore everything Educators Night and the Detroit Cultural Center have to offer.

Educators Night Venues:
These Cultural Center institutions will be open for educators to visit throughout the evening.

• Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History—Performing Arts & Culture
• Detroit Historical Museum—History & Sustainability
• Detroit Institute of Arts—Arts & Design
• Detroit Public Library—Early Childhood , Literacy, & Teacher Resources
• Michigan Science Center—STEM

Educators Night Highlights:

• Free admission for early childhood and Pre-K–12 educators, school administrators, and homeschooling parents.
• Explore five Cultural Center institutions and connect with more than 60 nonprofit partners offering field trips, classroom programs, educator resources, professional learning, and student opportunities.
• Meet museum educators, librarians, teaching artists, nonprofit leaders, and other professionals who can support your classroom and students.
• Discover professional development opportunities, including select programs offering SCECH credits.
• Participate in interactive workshops, hands-on activities, performances, demonstrations, and other special programming.
• Take home classroom-ready materials, lesson plans, teacher resources, and giveaways
• Discover field trips, in-class workshops, traveling programs, summer opportunities, and customized educational experiences
• Receive a free Detroit Cultural Center tote bag as a pre-registered attendee, while supplies last
• Fill out your Educators Night stamp card as you explore the district; visit three or more institutions and receive a special Detroit Cultural Center-themed gift
• Enjoy light refreshments throughout the evening and visit the food truck rally in front of the Michigan Science Center
• Connect with fellow educators and build relationships with Cultural Center institutions and nonprofit organizations that can become year-round educational partners

Educators Night is more than an open house. It is an introduction to an entire community of resources committed to helping educators bring learning to life.

Educators Night is made possible by the Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation, the Max & Marjorie Fisher Foundation, and WJR 760 AM's School Talks with Dr. Robert Livernois.